Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by badger

This chart reflects the albums I have the most personal attachment to, whether or not they are bona fide masterpieces, others on this list are there simply because they are amazing.

• Chart updated: 09/04/2019 23:15
• (Created: 12/02/2012 03:04).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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A Love Supreme 

 John Coltrane

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Quite a brief album really, but it's four tracks are perfection and offer a good variety. The music flows like honey out of a jar, every note and beat has the sense of being poured from the same point. It can be smooth or abrasive depending on how you listen to it, harmonically rich and often chaotic but always intensely beautiful. Psalm is maybe the most achingly gorgeous, soul-baring jazz recording I've ever heard. [First added to this chart: 12/11/2012]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,286 charts

Rank Score:

17,112

Rank in 1965:

3

Rank in 1960s:

19

Overall Rank:

75

Average Rating:

 87 (1,452 votes)

Comments:

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To Be Kind 

 Swans

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Tackling the latest Swans records (and all of their output in fact) can seem like a mammoth task. ~2 hours of relentless, blistering riffs; noisy crescendos building on top of noisy crescendos. But there's something serene about it, like being in the eye of the storm and admiring the chaos you are wrapped up in. Musically and lyrically, it is a comment on the primality and monotony of existence but it isn't the expected moping dirge of "humanity is fucked and filthy", a deeper look reveals To Be Kind can be content, even celebratory of our nature. Like a fanfare of mankinds fucktitude. [First added to this chart: 08/30/2017]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

609 charts

Rank Score:

7,170

Rank in 2014:

2

Rank in 2010s:

29

Overall Rank:

242

Average Rating:

 82 (855 votes)

Comments:

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Atrocity Exhibition 

 Danny Brown

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[First added to this chart: 08/27/2017]

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

583 charts

Rank Score:

5,972

Rank in 2016:

5

Rank in 2010s:

39

Overall Rank:

301

Average Rating:

 83 (686 votes)

Comments:

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14. (13) 1

Bitches Brew 

 Miles Davis

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There is something so engaging about the ever-propulsive momentum and the way the notes appear to dance delicately between each other. I was introduced to 'In a Silent Way' first, and loved it, but this feels like that album realised in grandiose, funked-out glory. Alternatively you could argue that In a Silent Way is the more cohesive, truer to jazz album of the pair and that Bitches Brew outstays it's welcome, but I don't know, I enjoy it's ridiculousness. On a knife-edge it manages to pull off it's maximalist pomposity in a way a lot of "jazz-fusion" can't. And it is so transportive, I feel like I am in that cover art. I can't find anything out there that comes anywhere near the tone of this album. Truly mind-blowing. [First added to this chart: 08/31/2017]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

927 charts

Rank Score:

10,144

Rank in 1970:

6

Rank in 1970s:

40

Overall Rank:

155

Average Rating:

 84 (1,153 votes)

Comments:

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After The Gold Rush 

 Neil Young

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Essential album, for me it is the greatest piece of unfiltered introspection put to tape. Some incredible emotion and vulnerable storytelling told through simple, stunning arrangements. [First added to this chart: 12/11/2012]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

1,519 charts

Rank Score:

16,300

Rank in 1970:

2

Rank in 1970s:

22

Overall Rank:

82

Average Rating:

 86 (1,738 votes)

Comments:

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Loveless 

 My Bloody Valentine

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[First added to this chart: 12/01/2012]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

2,109 charts

Rank Score:

33,826

Rank in 1991:

2

Rank in 1990s:

4

Overall Rank:

22

Average Rating:

 86 (2,408 votes)

Comments:

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Laughing Stock 

 Talk Talk

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"Before you play two notes learn how to play one note - and don't play one note unless you've got a reason to play it." - Mark Hollis

The greatest ever bed-time album, process and wash the day away under it's hypnosis. It's easy background music, but also an unmatchable listen with ears fully engaged. Very few albums are as intimately detailed and pay such respect to the idea of silence as this and it's sister album.

B-Sides, Colour of Spring and the groups pop output are all worth exploring too. [First added to this chart: 12/01/2012]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

744 charts

Rank Score:

9,260

Rank in 1991:

7

Rank in 1990s:

35

Overall Rank:

173

Average Rating:

 84 (857 votes)

Comments:

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Journey In Satchidananda 

 Alice Coltrane

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[First added to this chart: 12/01/2012]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

252 charts

Rank Score:

1,769

Rank in 1971:

30

Rank in 1970s:

213

Overall Rank:

1,007

Average Rating:

 81 (208 votes)

Comments:

14

19. (17) 2

Spirit Of Eden 

 Talk Talk

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Songs here are more contained than Laughing Stock, it's an easier, more pleasant listen and I mean that in the most positive sense. Laughing Stock is the dark and troubled other-side-of-the-coin to Spirit of Eden's beauty and grace. [First added to this chart: 12/01/2012]

Year of Release:

1988

Appears in:

891 charts

Rank Score:

11,272

Rank in 1988:

3

Rank in 1980s:

17

Overall Rank:

135

Average Rating:

 84 (964 votes)

Comments:

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20. (37) 17

Street Halo / Kindred 
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 Burial

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[First added to this chart: 09/03/2017]

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

203

Rank in 2012:

132

Rank in 2010s:

1,231

Overall Rank:

6,371

Average Rating:

 78 (58 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	16	16%
1970s	20	20%
1980s	10	10%
1990s	17	17%
2000s	14	14%
2010s	23	23%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
Radiohead	4	4%
The Beatles	3	3%
Can	2	2%
Talk Talk	2	2%
The Beach Boys	2	2%
Unknown Mortal Orchestra	2	2%
Swans	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	52	52%
	29	29%
	5	5%
	5	5%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 19 from 100th to 81st Future Perfect by Autolux
Up 17 from 37th to 20th Street Halo / Kindred by Burial
Up 16 from 46th to 30th The Lonesome Crowded West by Modest Mouse

Biggest fallers
Down 38 from 49th to 87th The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
Down 35 from 40th to 75th Illmatic by Nas
Down 22 from 75th to 97th The Infamous by Mobb Deep

New entries
Parachute by The Pretty Things
Everyone Into Position by Oceansize
Celestial Emporium by The Life And Times Of The Brothers Hogg

Leavers
Liquid Swords by GZA/Genius
Moment Of Truth by Gang Starr
A Better Life by Spring King

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From Thad 05/22/2020 11:46

very good chart, we share some favorites. i don't usually say this but i think you find a lot of stuff you might like on my chart. interested to see how this one grows over time! i imagine it'll be worthy of a 100 in a year or two as you discover and explore more

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From Johnnyo 09/05/2019 06:58

Very good chart indeed

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From JulianR 09/01/2017 01:58

Interesting, and I like your reviews!

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From HoldenM 08/30/2013 03:37

Awesome, awesome chart. Kudos, sir.

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From Rikuff 08/29/2013 08:41

Eccellente!

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From SingingPeasant96 06/08/2013 02:56

Wow, Fabulous chart

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From album guru joe 02/07/2013 07:14

Cool chart :)

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From 5thbeatle 02/07/2013 02:49

Intriguing.

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From btener11 02/06/2013 21:49

man i really love this chart...i didnt give it enough love before so im upgrading your rating!

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From junodog4 02/06/2013 18:37

Nice... enough variety to make it interesting.

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